The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07
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COTTON FACTS; October edition 1887 Alfred B.
Shepperson, New York.
For ready reference upon all matters
relating to cotton and cotton manufacturers
in this and other countries, this volume will
be found useful.
EvANGELIsTIc WORK IN PRINCIPLE AND IN
Practice; by Arthur #. Tierson, D. d. The
Baker & Taylor Co., Bond street New
York, publishers.
The author in his predatory says that to
this divine pledge viz: 1t is 1.-The Altar that
Sanctifieth the Gift" that this book owes
its origin and its inspirating. The volume
is very interestion one, and not only those
engaged in Evangelical work, but the general
reader will find it well worth perusaL
MAGAZINES.
The November number of Wide AtUdke
is an excellent one. Mrs. Fremont's ac-
count of several visits with Hans Andersen
in Copenhagen, entitled Hans Andersen at
Home" is very interesting. "A Pleasant
Author is about the delightful books for
girls written by the English author, Annie
KeaIy. Edward B. Payne tells funny
Boston story entitled Baked Beans and
Brown Bread" The La Rose Blanche
story, 'Po'-Souls," by Mrs. Davis, relates
the coming home from the war of the boys
on a Southern plantation. d. Lothrop
Company, Boston
The StCiss Cross for November has a
great variety of valuable scientific matter,
A. Fayette Place, New York.
The Atlanta Medical Journal for Novem-
Der contains a number of interesting re
ports and papers J. T. Harrison & Co.,
Atlanta.
The proceedings of the Interstate Con-
vention of Farmers at Atlanta, Aug. 16,
1887, make very attractive and interest
ing pamphlet The printing is done by j.
7. Harrison & Co., Atlanta.
The Overland Monthly for November has
an attractive table of contents. Its chief
charm lies in its freshness. "Prefect and
Thieves" the leading article, is an amusing
anecdotal description of the lawless condi-
ton of Mexico during the first Diaz rule,
and the cavalier methods of his successor,
Gonzales, in dealing with the
law breakers, and bringing the
country into a condition such that
travellers were reasonably secure of life and
limb A new serial, TX, an Unknown Guam
tity," is begun with a new and amusing stu
alton. There are two excellent short stories
in the number. The one entitled "A Diff
cult Question" scores San Francisco society
in way that is apt to stir up that fictitious
entity considerably. There is the usual va
riety of good poetry and sketches The Over
land Monthly Company, No. Ais Montgom-
cry street, San Francisco.
The November Magazine Of American
History is one of the brightest and most
richly illustrated issues of the year. Oliver
Cromwell's portrait appears as its fronts
piece, incident to the romantic story of the
first settlement of Shelter Island, in 1862,
told by Mrs Lamb, entitled the Historic
Home of the Sylvesters" Rev. Philip
Schaff, D. D., contributes second paper on
the Relation of Church and State in
America" continuation of his lawyer-lille
discussion of our governments attitude to-
ward religion. A very pleasantly written
sketch is by Walstein Root on the Hamilton
Oneida Academy in 1894" the germ of
Hamilton College. The fourth article is a
study by Charles H. Peck of the public life
and character of Aaron Burr" in which
he aims to substitute natural explanations
for the acts and misfortunes of his extraor-
binary subject The shorter articles are
varied and entertaining. The number con
cludes with its carefully edited departments
of Original Documents, Minor Topics, Notes,
Queries, Replies, Societies, etc, we'll filled,
its Historic and Social Jottings' illustrat-
ed, and dozen or more ably written book
reviews. TAB Broadway. New York city.
The frontispiece of November Outing is
a fine wood cut of representative group of
ladies prominent in the Staten Island Ladies'
Club. The opening article is history of
1.-THE Staten Island Cricket and Base Ball
Club" 1.-TWO Summers is a pretty, ro-
mantle story of out-of- door summer life in
and about the quaint old seaside resort of
Nantucket. Gen. Randolph B. Marcy's
second contribution of his re-
markable series of big Game Hunt
ing in the Wild West contains a great deal
of very valuable information about the
guides, hunters and trappers. There is also
a charming bit of natural history in Olive
Thorn Miler's popular account Of the habits
and pecuiarities of the different kinds of
Birds of Paradise. Thomas Stevens has
reached the most adventurous portion of his
wheeling trip round the world, and recounts
in telling words his perils and privatlons
while crossing the Desert of Despair. 40
Nassau street, New York.